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Bill: The government's policy concerning Genetically Modified Crops
Details
Submitted by[?]: Truth Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 2510
Description[?]:
| Until more research is done to determine the long term effects of cross polination with Gen. Mod. crops, I feel we should be more cautious about their use. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning genetically modified (GM) crops.
Old value:: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Current: All activities related to production, selling or researching of GM crops are allowed.
Proposed: Production and selling of GM crops is banned. Research is allowed.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:02:08, January 01, 2008 CET | From | Truth Party | To | Debating the The government's policy concerning Genetically Modified Crops |
| Message | Is anyone familiar with the massive die off of bees? Could it be related to GM plant pollen? If we kill off all the bees, the plants don't get pollenated and we all starve. |
| Date | 08:21:08, January 02, 2008 CET | From | Independence Party | To | Debating the The government's policy concerning Genetically Modified Crops |
| Message | Concern over GM crops is overblown and exploited for political gain. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 255 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 194 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 106 |
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